Holder and guide for skeins of silk, cotton, or other similar material



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HOLDER AND GUIDE FOR SKEINS OF SILK, COTTON, OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL Filed May 16 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 MM 1 1.1M"? f W M 5 M 4 M aw,

Patented Dec. 29, 1925.

7 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FERDINAND Q. HARTIVIAN AND EUGENE ATWOOD HARTMAN, OF DANVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDER AND GUIDE FOR SKEINS F SILK, COTTON, OR OTHER SIMILAR MATERIAL.

Application filed May 16, 1924. Serial No. 713,730.

To all whom i may concern:

Be it known that we, FERDINAND Q. HART- MAN and EUGENE A'rwoon HARTMAN, citizens of the United States, and residents of Danville, in the county of Montour and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Holders and Guides for Skeins of Silk, Cotton, or other Similar Material, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to a holder and guide for skeins of silk, cotton or other similar material, with the object in view of providing a device which can be easily and readily adjusted to fit skeins of various sizes and hold the same so that the material may be drawn therefrom and wound upon a spool, cop or other similar device, which may be rotated at a very high rate of speed, thereby increasing the production and eliminating friction on the parts of the holder.

A further object is to provide a skein holder that is stationary and has means for directing the material laterally away from the skein as it is being wound upon the spool or cop.

Another object is to provide a skein holder having a means for directing the material inwardly to substantially the central axis of 301 the skein on the holder.

Another object is to provide certain improvements in the form, construction and arrangement of the several parts whereby the above named and other objects may be i effectively attained.

A practical embodiment of our invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of our improved skein holder and a portion of the bracket upon which it is supported.

Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the same showing two of our skein holders and their supports.

Fig. 3 represents a vertical section taken in the plane of the line IIIIII of Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Fig. 4 represents a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken in the plane of the lme IV-IV of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 5 represents a similar view of a modified form of holder.

In the forms shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, the holder comprises a bushing 1 having a tubular bore 2 to slidably fit a stub shaft 3, which shaft is mounted to be slid longitudinally in the head 4 of a bracket 5 of a winding or other machine (not shown). The shaft 3 may be secured against unintentional displacement in the head 4 by means of a set screw 3*.

The bushing 1 is screw threaded at 6 and provided with nuts 7, 8, between which is secured the frame 9 of the holder. This frame 9 has, in the present instance, six radial arms 10 which are connected at their outer ends by a rim 11. Each of the arms 10 is provided with a longitudinal slot 12 which is arranged to receive a tongue 13 of a support 14 for the skein. Each support 14 has an enlarged portion 15 which extends laterally upon each side of the tongue 13 and forms a bearing for the support 14 on the arm 10. The support 14 is held in its position on the arm 10 by a thumb nut 16 which has a screw threaded engagement with a pin 17 located in the support 14 and arranged centrally of the tongue 13 so that it may project through the slot 12. Each of the thumb nuts is button shaped and of'such a diameter as to extend slightly beyond the sides of the arms 10 and provide a convenient grip for the hand of the operator.

The peripheral contour of each of the thumb nuts is so formed as to prevent the material from catching and clinging thereto.

The outer end of each of the supports 14 is turned upwardly at 18 to hold the skein against unintentional displacement.

An annular band 19 is secured to the rim 9O 11 by means of bolts 20. This band is provided with a vertically disposed guide 21 and a horizontally arranged guide 22 extending laterally from the rim and at right angles to the guide 21. The peripheries of the guides 21, 22 are rounded and the surfaces thereof polished to obviate any undue friction of the material passing from the skein over the guides.

In order that the material, passing from the skein over the guides 21, 22, may be drawn with a constant or even tension, we provide a guide eye 23 of porcelain or other similar material held in position with its inner periphery concentric with the guides 21, 22, by means of a yielding hanger .24. The guide eye 23 is provided with an annular groove 25 which is arranged to receive one end of the hanger 24, while the other end is secured to the head 4 of the bracket 5 of the adjacent holder, as shown in Fig. 2. From this guide eye 23, the material may be directed to the spool or cop (not shown) through a directional guide 26 of any well known or approved form, also car ried by the bracket.

In the form. shown in Fig. 5, an annular band 27 having a vertically disposed guide 28 and a horizontally arranged guide 29 is formed integral with the arms 30 of the holder. In this form, aguide eye 31 is provided with a hanger 32 which is secured between the holder and a nut 33 on the hub The operation of the device is as follows The supports 14: are first moved radially and each locked by the thumb nuts 16 to its respective arm 10 to fit any desired size shein to be placed thereon. The end of the skein is then brougl'itupwardly and laterally toward and over the vertically disposed guide 21 and downwardly over the horizontally arranged guide 22, thence eownwardly through guide eye 23 upwardly to the directional guide 26, where it may pass to be wound upon the spool or cop on the winding macl'iine (not shown). As the ma tei'ial is drawn through the guide eye 23, it will be caused to travel on the guides 21, 22 in a path substantially parallel and concentric with the winding of the material on the skein, thereby reducing the power required to draw the material from the slrein to a minimum and .eliininat friction on the parts of the holder.

. By mounting the guide eye in the position as shown in Figs. 1 to i inclusive, the mate rial will be caused to pass from the horizontally arranged guide 22 inwardly to substantially the central axis of the skein and through the guide eye from. the side adjacent the holder. In Fig. 5 the guide eye 31 is supported by the hanger 32, from the hub 340i the holder, so that the material will pass from the horizontally arranged guide 29 inwardly to substantially the central axis of the skein and to the outside of the guide eye 31, thence through the guide eye and be tween the arms 30 to a directional guide (not shown).

In order to replenish the frame with a new skein, the holder may be moved laterally as follows By releasing the set screw 3* the stub shaft-3 may be slid longitudinally into the adjacent bracket head so that the shaft will be removed entirely from its supporting head and positioned in the adjacent bracket head. The bushing 1 carrying the holder being free to move on the shaft may now he slid laterally on the shaft so that the supports 14 may swing clear of the bracket 5, thereby affording a free passage for placing a skein upon the supports. After the skein is looked upon the supports, the shaftmay be slid into its head 4 and the holder returned to its normal position, in which position the end of the skein is passed over the guides 21, 22 and threaded through the guide eye 23 and directional guide 26.

The position of the holder on its shaft will be maintained throughout the unwinding operation by reason of its weight and to the fact that it is not rotated on the shaft.

It is obvious that various changes may be resorted to in the form, construction and arrangement of the various parts without departing from the spirit and scope of our invention; hence, we do not intend to be limited to the specific details herein described except as they may be included in the claims.

What we claim is 1. A stationary slrein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band, and a series of skein holding sup ports, each of said supports having one end free to receive the skein and the opposite end fixed to one side of said frame.

2. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band, and a series of skein holdin supports, each of said supports having one end free to receive the skein and the opposite end removably fixed to one side of said frame.

3. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band, and a series of skein holding supports, each of said supports being radially movable on said frame and having one end free to receive the skein and the opposite end fixed to one side of the frame.

4. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band and a plurality of radially arranged slots therein, and a series of supports disposed laterally on said frame and adjust. able in said slots for holding the skei'n.

5. A stationary skein holder comprising,

a frame having a continuous peripheral band, and a series of supports disposed. laterally on said frame for holding the skein, each of said supports being provided with means engaging the frame for looking it thereto.

6. A stationar skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band, said band being provided with vertically and horizontally arranged annular guides, and a series of supports disposed laterally on said frame for holding the skein, whereby the material is directed upwardly from the skein over the vertical guide and downwardly over the horizontal guide.

7. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band, removably secured thereto, and a series of supports disposed laterally on said frame for holding the skein.

8. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band removably secured thereto, and a series of radially adjustable supports disposed laterally on said frame for holding the skein.

9. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band removably secured thereto, said band being provided with annular guides, and a series of supports disposed laterally for holding the skein, whereby the material is directed upwardly from the skein and over the annular guides.

10. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band removably secured thereto, said band being provided with vertically and horizontally arranged annular guides, and a series of support-s disposed laterally on said frame for holding the skein, whereby the material is directed upwardly from the skein over the vertical guide and downwardly over the horizontal guide.

11. A stationary skein holder comprising, a frame having a continuous peripheral band removably secured thereto, said band being provided with annular guides and a series of radially adjustable supports disposed laterally on said frame for holding the skein, whereby the material is directed upwardly from the skein and over the annular guides.

In testimony, that we claim the foregoing as our joint invention, we have signed our name this 9th day of May, 1924.

FERDINAND Q. HARTMAN. EUGENE ATVVOOD HARTMAN. 

